Martilou "Marti" Malloy (born 23 June 1986[1] in Oak Harbor, Washington[1]) is a female judoka from the United States.
Career
Marti Malloy first made a name for herself in the senior rankings as a 16-year-old when she claimed a gold medal in her first senior international competition the 2002 Rendez-Vous Canada where she defeated a tough field, including both a 2000 Olympian and the previous year's U.S. National Champion, as well as top athletes from Canada and Great Britain.
After high school, she relocated to San Jose State University where she balanced training for the 2012 Olympic Games while pursuing a degree in Advertising/Marketing. She eventually graduated from SJSU in 2010.[2]
In 2005, she continued her success at both the junior and senior levels, winning a silver medal at the Judo U.S. Open and becoming the only U.S. athlete to win gold at the Junior Pan American Championships.
In 2007, she moved up from 57 kg to 63 kg where she placed ninth at the World Championships. Although she competed at the 2007 Pan American Games as a 63 kg player, she moved back down to 57 kg that year to win her first Senior National title in that division.
In 2009, she added a second Senior National title and won the World Team Trials to compete on her second Senior World Team.
In 2010, she won her first big international medal at the Pan American Judo Championships[3] and defended her Senior National title from previous year.[3]
In 2012, she won bronze at the 2012 Summer Olympics[4] in the class -57 kg,[4] scoring an ippon in her last match with a kouchi gari.[5] On her way to winning her bronze medal she beat Telma Monteiro in her first match, then Yadinys Amaris and Irina Zabludina in the quarterfinal, before losing to Corina Caprioriu in the semifinal.[6] In the repechage she beat Giulia Quintavalle to win the bronze medal.[6]
In 2013, she won a silver medal at the World Judo Championships in Rio de Janeiro[7] and a silver medal at the 2013 Tokyo Grand Slam.[8]
In 2014, she won her first gold medal at the Pan American Judo Championships held in Miami.[9] She also defeated the 2012 Olympic champion Kaori Matsumoto at the 2014 World Judo Championships by armbar,[10] but did not place in the tournament.
Achievements
Year | Tournament | Place | Weight class |
---|---|---|---|
2007 | Pan American Games | 5th | Half-Middleweight (- 63 kg) |
2007 | World Judo Championships | 9th | Half-Middleweight (- 63 kg) |
2009 | World Judo Championships | AC | Lightweight (- 57 kg) |
2010 | Pan American Judo Championships | 2nd | Lightweight (- 57 kg) |
2011 | Pan American Judo Championships | 2nd | Lightweight (- 57 kg) |
2012 | Grand Slam Paris | 3rd | Lightweight (- 57 kg) |
2012 | 2012 Summer Olympics | 3rd | Lightweight (- 57 kg) |
2013 | World Judo Championships | 2nd | Lightweight (- 57 kg) |
2013 | Grand Slam Tokyo | 2nd | Lightweight (- 57 kg) |
2014 | Pan American Judo Championships | 1st | Lightweight (- 57 kg) |
References
- ^ a b "Marti Malloy Takes Judo Bronze for U.S.A." Worldwidedojo.com. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
- ^ "Marti Malloy: She's an Olympian and third-degree black belt in judo and toughness". Mercurynews.com. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
- ^ a b "Marti Malloy USA Judo Athlete Team USA Profile". TeamUSA.org. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
- ^ a b "USA's Marti Malloy earns bronze in judo". USA Today. 30 July 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
- ^ "Olympic Judo 2012: Marti Malloy Matches Ronda Rousey's Medal Feat". Retrieved 29 November 2013.
- ^ a b "52 – 57kg (lightweight) women results – Judo – London 2012 Olympics". www.olympic.org. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
- ^ "Oak Harbor's Marti Malloy second at World Judo Championships at World Judo Championships". Retrieved 29 November 2013.
- ^ "USA Judos Marti Malloy Takes Silver At Grand Slam Tokyo". Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
- ^ "Malloy wins Miami tournament". 5 August 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
- ^ "Double delight for Japanese at world judo championships". 27 August 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
External links
- Official website
- Marti Malloy at the International Judo Federation
- Marti Malloy at JudoInside.com
- Marti Malloy at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Marti Malloy at Olympics.com
- Marti Malloy at Olympedia
- Marti Malloy at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Marti Malloy at The-Sports.org
- Marti Malloy at USA Judo
- American female judoka
- Living people
- 1986 births
- People from Oak Harbor, Washington
- Sportspeople from Washington (state)
- Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Judoka at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic judoka for the United States
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in judo
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in judo
- Judoka at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
- San Jose State Spartans judoka
- 21st-century American sportswomen